Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-01-21
SPIRIT OF THE NEWS.

names of Plenty, Moore and Desire
Moore.
Speaker Hustled, of the New York
Legislature, has had one ambition all
his life, to be Vice President
George Hill, of WATERFOWL. Wis,
is believed to have fled to Canada. He
left unpaid debts aggregating $4,000.
Elder Cooper, Mormon Evangelist.
is making converts at East Delavan,
Wis.,. and intends building a Mormon
church in the spring.
A few years ago the nickel was be-
meath the attention of the Westerner.
Its rapid growth, however, has been on
ratio with that of the country.
Hannibal Hamlin had brother
named Julius Caesar Cincinnatus, and
his four sisters bore the names of Eu-
rope, Asia, Australia, and America.
Ex-Gov. Curtin will retire from Con-
gress at the close of this session, and
will devote himself to preparing data
for a history of Pennsylvania part in
the War.
j. Bright Smith, one of the leaders
of the Colorado bar, died the other day
in Pennsylvania and his death is gen
orally mourned because he was believed
to be the only Bright Smith in the
country.
Volsin Benne, aged 81, shot and
killed Clara Carter, aged 10, at New
Orleans Tuesday and then shot himself,
lnf1icting not dangerous wound.
The girl had refused to marry him,
and would not return money that h.
had loaned her.
The Louisville Courier-Journal, boast
ing OF Kentucky beef, says that it has
entered the fine beef trade of England
neck-and-ncck with the home product.
10 which the Detroit Press responds:
''We do not think much of ueck-and-
neck out West
Little Johnny Blossom of Harrod>-
burg, KY, has swallowed Is cents in
pennies and three-cent pieces. and has
suffered no Inconvenience the, efrom.
Little Johnny is expected to bloom into
great financier, or at least receiv-
ing teller.
John Ruskin has recently presented
beautiful stained glass window to the
Church of the Sacred Heart (Catholic).
Coniston, England. John Ruskin say IS
he cares nothing for creeds, but that he
does care for the needs of his fellow
men, without distinction of creed.
Miss Virginia Pelham Stuart, daugh-
ter of Gen. Jeb Stuart, the Confederate
cavalryman, was married last week to
Robert Page Waller of Norfolk. The
wedding took place at the Virginia Fe-
male Institute in Simonton of which
Mrs. Gen. Stuart is the principal.
Several months ago Mrs Nellie
Cotton, wife Of Ben Cotton. the old-time
minstrel. fell down the stairs at the
Crawford house, Willows, Cal, sustain
ing compound fracture of one of her
arms Cotton has now brought suit
against the proprietor of the house for
heavy damages.
Prince Bismarck, being asked by the
Royal Library at Munich for his auto
graph, replled: Il fulfill with pleasure
your wish, glad to have an other OPP
portunity of expressing the gratitude
which Germany will ever feel for your
magnimous King and for Bavarian
bravery, in remembering the restoration
of the unity and security of Germany.
C. B. Galusha of Cape Girardeau,
No., has a pair of linen sheets that
have been in use FIR eighty years.
They were made from flax grown on
the farm of his grandfather, Jacob Gal
usha, and manufactured by him and
used by him in 1909, when he was first
Governor of Vermont. They look as
if they would last for another cen
fury.
Preserved Smith, who died recently
in Dayton, O., obtained his singular
name in this way: He was descended in
a direct line from the Rev. Henry
Smith who in 1641, came from Eng
land to Connecticut. On the passage
and in a terrific storm, a son was born
to him, which he named Preserved
Smith, and for two centuries the name
has been in the family.
Mr.. James F. Gluck has given the
Buffalo library what is claimed to be
the most valuable collection of auto
graph manuscripts and letters in Amer
lea. 1t includes complete book manu-
scripts of LOG eminent American and
English authors, letters from 100 emf
nent American men and women of let
tiers, and SO from eminent English au-
thors.
Prince Dolgorouki, brother of the
morganatic wife of the late Gar of:
Russia, is living at Tahlequah, l. 7.
He was nihilist, banished to the ST.
berian mines, whence he made his escape
after five years. remaining in China
nine years, and finally coming to the
United States. His sister, the Princess,
is living in half exile in France. and is.
very wealthy.
Thickness of Human Hair.